Gates Avenue, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026

Grade C, 47 out of 100. How does Gates Avenue in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade C, livability 47 out of 100.

Calm 28, ranked against busy avenues. Access 83, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most busy avenues, but a lot within a walk.

That puts Gates Avenue in the bottom 39% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on parking (71) and tree cover (98); cleanliness (12) is the weak spot.

On the record

Heat and hot water is the most-filed complaint on Gates Avenue, with 438 reports, and cleanliness ranks 12 among busy avenues. HPD has cited 372 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 11 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 213 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, parking ranks 71 among busy avenues. About 22% of the 3,529 homes on file are rent-stabilized.

Scores are built from 311 complaints, HPD violations, NYPD crash records, MTA stop locations, DOHMH food permits, and the street tree census, divided by the homes and businesses on the street, updated weekly. Read the scoring method or the data sources.

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